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Maintenance and Servicing of Grounds Maintenance Equipment

Buyer: Vale of White Horse District Council →

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BuyerVale of White Horse District Council
StatusClosed
Deadline4 Aug 2026
Value£90,000
Published1 Jul 2026

What is being bought

The Council requires a competent and experienced contractor to provide planned maintenance, statutory safety inspections, and reactive repairs for its Grounds Maintenance (GM) equipment portfolio. The primary objective is to ensure all equipment is maintained safely, reliably, and in accordance with manufacturer instructions, relevant legislation, and industry best practice. The Contractor shall demonstrate experience in the repair and maintenance of grounds maintenance equipment including petrol, diesel and battery-powered machinery. Please refer to the tender documentation for further details.

Categories

Grounds-maintenance equipment 43325100Grounds maintenance services 77314000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
Value£90,000
Contract periodFrom 29 Sept 2026 to 28 Sept 2027
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Grounds-maintenance equipment, Grounds maintenance servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 43. The category anchor is Grounds-maintenance equipment (43325100); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 4337110 median · 47.6 average (99 of 371 with a bid count)7.1 average (104 of 371 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer0Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)49Not publishedNot publishedNot published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06c196
Latest release ID061879-2026
Latest release timestampWed Jul 01 2026 14:33:35 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/061879-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsBelow threshold - open competition
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNo
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadline2026-08-04T16:00:00Z
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailshttps://procontract.due-north.com/Opportunities/Index Search for opportunities, select Vale of White Horse District Council under Organisations and choose this tender from the list provided.
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£90,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source1
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
1 Jul 2026tender061879-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
1 Jul 2026 · 061879-2026 · tender
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